St. Paul has retained quite a few of its old, historic downtown buildings. So it’s hard for...
Twin Cities Area
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The first road through Anoka County was established in 1835 to aid those traveling between...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Swinford Townhomes
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Robbinsdale Library
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Swinford Apartments
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Saint Paul Hotel
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Landmark Center In St Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Wilder Public Baths
The Gates of Stonebridge
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
Greater Minnesota
District 48 School Near Delano
It really hurts to see this old schoolhouse so neglected 😟 The Franklin Township (Minnesota)...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Welcome to Hanska
The Little Marais Inn
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Endion Depot In Duluth
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Welcome To Cobden
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Remembering Quadna Resort
Green Lake Mounds
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Finding The Past In Swatara
Exploring Sandstone
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Historic Wasioja
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Endion School In Duluth
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
District 6 School in New Sweden
Bend in the River Regional Park
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Hollywood Town Hall
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
The Milford Monument
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Church of the Holy Cross
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
The Almelund Creamery
Enter Marlon Brando
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
State Theater In Hutchinson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
The Duluth Homestead Project
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Taylor House In Le Sueur
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Little Falls Depot
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Lost Highway 61
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Meyer School In St Augusta
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Franconia
Welcome To Dotson
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
The Le Sueur Theater
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Florence Town Hall
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Old School In Wolverton
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Old Brewery In Preston
Oxford Mill Ruin
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Exploring Ottawa
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Ruins of Sawyer School
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Red Wing Iron Works
Dead Good Walks
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
I visited the grounds of the Rochester State Hospital back in 2014. I knew the beautiful Kirkbride...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
To say this place is picturesque is an understatement. The Valley Grove churches are located on top...
Chippewa City Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Chester Township Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Since 1980, the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has attracted mushers from around the world...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Laura Belle Baker was born in Chariton, Iowa on April 10, 1859. Her parents were liberal and civic...
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Any other Caddie Woodlawn fans out there? This one is for you 🙂 The book Caddie Woodlawn was...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

